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Friday, January 31, 2014

Terriers Travel to UMass

Tonight, BU will head out to Amherst and try and get back on
track and also attempt to pick up their first road win of the year. The Terriers
are 0-8-0 in opponents' barns this year. The one time they have won in Red was
facing Cornell at Madison Square Garden in the Red Hot Hockey Game. Lucky (looking
ahead a bit here) BU won the draw and will be the home team in Monday’s Beanpot
game vs. Boston College.

Evan Rodrigues scores against UMass in the season's first
meeting.
(Photo by Matt Dresens)

Onto tonight’s matchup… UMass (7-16-3, 3-8-2) finds themselves
ahead of BU by just one point in the Hockey East standings with 8. BU won the
first game of the season series back on opening night at Agganis 3-1. Matt O’Connor
will be in net for BU tonight; Sean Maguire was between the pipes the last time
the two teams met.

Scouting the Minutemen
UMass is led in total points by Conor Sheary, who in 26 games has posted a
4-16-20 line. The team’s leading goal scorer is a dead heat right now between
freshman Steven Iacobellis and Brandon Gracel, who both have ten. Iacobellis
has one more point than Gracel at 17.

In goal, UMass has seen Steve Mastalerz play the bulk of the
time. In 23 appearances, the junior from North Andover has a 7-13-2 record to go
along with a .913 save percentage and a 2.70 goals against average. Two freshmen,
Max Haight and Alex Wakaluk have both seen time as well. Haight has a 0-1-1
record in four appearances, while Wakaluk is 0-2-0 in his two times in the
cage.

History

BU has traditionally dominated the Minutemen since UMass brought
back their program in the mid '90s. Overall dating back to 1920, BU leads the series
53-11-3. Since 2010 the series has been much closer, at least at the Mullens
Center where the teams are 4-4-1 against each other.

BU Hockey Video Highlights

Terrier History during the Blog's History

BU celebrates its 5th National title after an unbelievable comeback and overtime winner by Colby Cohen (25). (Photo by Matt Dresens)

2011

BU celebrates as a team following a 5-4 win over Notre Dame in the 2010 Icebreaker Invitational final in St. Louis. (Photo by Matt Dresens)

2011 and 2012

Chris Connolly was named Captain in both his Junior and Senior seasons at BU. He was the first two year Captain since Jack O'Callahan wore the "C" in both 1978 and '79. (Photo by Matt Dresens)

2009-2012

Kieran Millan played four years as a Terrier, Leading BU to the National Championship in 2009. That same year, he was named National Rookie of the Year. On October 15th, 2011, Millan broke Sean Fields' record of 63 wins as a Terrier with a 4-3 win over Denver. By the end of his career, MIllan amassed 81 victories. (Photo by Matt Dresens)

2012

Terrier players solute those who made the trip down to New York City to witness BU upend Cornell 2-1 in overtime at Madison Square Garden thanks to a Ross Gaudet redirection goal with 2:12 remaining in the extra session. (Photo by Matt Dresens)

2013

Jack Parker waves goodbye for one final time, as BU falls in the 2013 Hockey East Championship game 1-0 to Lowell. This was Parker's 1,484th and final game as the Head Coach at BU. Over 40 seasons, Parker amassed a record of 897-472-115. (Photo by Matt Dresens)

2015

BU falls in the National Championship game 4-3 to Providence. The Terriers beat Yale (3-2 OT), Minnesota Duluth (3-2) and North Dakota (5-3) to reach their first National Title Game in six years. (Photo by Matt Dresens)

2015

Freshman sensation Jack Eichel racked up an NCAA leading 71 points (26 goals, 45 assists) in 40 games on his way to winning the Hobey Baker. Eichel joins Chris Drury and Matt Gilroy as the only other Terriers to win the award. (Photo by Matt Dresens)

2017

Charlie McAvoy (7) and Clayton Keller (19) celebrate after McAvoy scores the game winning, double overtime goal against North Dakota in Fargo in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. (Photo by Matt Dresens)